call for articles on vengeance and forgiveness
Well, another issue of catapult is online, this one focusing on various issues and images related to summer--vacationing, outdoor activities, body image, the beach and so on.
The next issue of catapult is called "Getting Even" (7/27), which will be the last one before our August publishing break. "Getting Even" will focus on revenge and forgiveness. Here are some questions I sent out to our writer's e-mail list:
- Who in your life models forgiveness to you? Who models an inability to forgive?
- What makes revenge intuitive and satisfying? What makes it unsatisfying?
- When have you experience forgiveness in a memorable way, either as an individual or as part of a community?
- What aspects of our culture and systems encourage vengeance over forgiveness?
- South Africa has provided a model for communal reconciliation. What are your thoughts on this model? What other models have you observed, whether on micro or macro scales?
- When has it been difficult for you to forgive? When has it been difficult to be forgiven?
- Do revenge fantasies serve any kind of redemptive purpose?
If you might be interested in submitting something, send me an e-mail: kirstinvgr [at] cultureisnotoptional [dot] com. Please feel free to consider all kinds of formats--articles, interviews, 'conversations', annotated bibliographies, reviews, artwork, poetry, etc. And let me know if you want some feedback on an idea. The deadline for this issue is Friday, July 20.
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